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JERRY ALLAN BOCKBRADER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 15, 1948 – May 20, 1968
Service recordJerry Allan Bockbrader, of Perrysburg, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Perrysburg, Ohio (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 3
- MARTIN GEORGE BLAKELYConstructionman · May 20, 1968
- ROBERT CROUTERStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD DAIGNEAULTStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- CLARENCE RAY WARRICKCorporal · May 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE RAY WARRICKCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 3
- RICHARD T FLATTERY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 64E, Line 4
- ROGER FRANCIS JORDANSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 5
- PAUL ANGELO PARAMATTOSpecialist Four · Panel 64E, Line 5
- GARY KEVE MORRISCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 6
- TOMMIE ALLEN ROLFWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 64E, Line 8
- LARRY KENNETH BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 9
From Perrysburg
- TOMMY RALPH PETERSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1967
- FREDERICK MILTON STEMENPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- TIMOTHY EDWARD SHANOWERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
- DWIGHT CUTLER SARJEANTFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- PAUL STUART LAVEROCKPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- ORVILLE CAUDILLCorporal · September 28, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.